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A friend of mine has a electrical distribution panel like this and ask what line one and line two are and I have no idea does anybody have a panel that has line one and line two on it and what is it for thanks

How rude is it when you're anchored, and a fishing boat decides to come within a couple of feet of your boat and throw cast nets at your finely polished hull. Why do they think it's okay to come that close to an anchored motor yacht? Any thoughts or experiences of this? It's actually getting out...

A good idea for chain markers

at Anchorage 10 to 15 mile an hour winds watching a 60 ft plus motor yacht swinging in the wind next to a 53-foot Hatteras motor yacht hardly moving not sure why that's happening seen this before just was looking for ideas why that would happen just curious why boats can swing so much

I have a 1975 classic Hatteras motor yacht and a couple breakers want to trip when under a regular load I think I need to replace them I'm thinking of getting new ones from Sam's because they're not normal circuit breakers is this a normal experience with old circuit breakers or should I be...

Have the classic motor yacht fuel tanks "235. 315" does anyone have an idea of how far you can drain one before the pick ups loose fuel.trying to figure what distance I got. I do .6 gallons a statue mile. Afraid to push it enough to find out.

Does anyone out there have an issue with their alternators not kicking out voltage at low RPMs I don't want to have to run a 2000 RPM just to get my alternators to kick out voltage. My alternators are not oems and also they have internal regulators. But they don't do anything at low RPM say a...

I don't know how to post a p.m. I would love to see a schematic or wiring diagram if you had that

Does anyone have one of these antique voltage regulators that is properly wired and working? There are three wires that come off of this and I'm trying to figure out where each are supposed to go. hopefully I uploaded the picture.

Need some ideas in replacing my voltage regulators the original one I looked up on line is obsolete (acdelco) not sure if anybody knows of a replacement for these

Question if I drain the battery acid out of my rolls batteries and refill them with new battery acid sulfuric acid would that not theoretically create new batteries

Anybody that has a boat larger then 50 foot have recent experence anchoring in Key West? Looks like they shut down the Fleming Key area were years ago they had anchoring bouys. Garrison Bight looks great buy they wont take a boat larger than 50. The anchrage off Westeria island (i think its...

Was going over some old posts and came across one around 2009 that you were mentioning that you have permintly combined both star and port battery banks together, is this still working for you? my parallel selinoid stopped working and i needed it due to the port bank was to low to start, i...

Woundering how much of a draw on the drive eng there is when the stabilizers are used verses just on center or does anybody run with the unit off? I can feel the drive eng take on a load when i turn the unit on at idle, so i figure the drive eng would use more fuel when the stabs are used.

Wanted to hear some feedback on the reasons for a vented loop on the raw water intake on the generator.

does anyone have a hard time swinging the davit back in with the weight of the tender hanging on it? without my tender on the boom it swings easily. pushing the tender out over the water is easier due to leverage, but pulling it back in is the issue , I was thinking about useing a block and...

what filter are we putting in these canister type filters on the allisons , and where are you purchaseing them ? are they the same filters as the eng oil canisters ?

Interior tiger teak paneled door measures 24/72 , door was from the dinnett leading to the forward stateroom , unfinished .

What are the prop sizes that people are useing on their 58 yachtfish or 53's? I'm mostly going to be cruiseing at slow speeds and just once in a while powering up at the end of a trip to blow out the eng's.i have 4 blade 28's and 32's. Any info on this would be apreciated.

I'm suprised that hatteras didnt install a pump set up in the vintage 70s motor yachts to be able to pump the holding tanks overboard , has anyone rigged this up on their holding tanks?